I've been planting fruit for about 7 years now and this is the first year we've gotten some real production!
Pluots
Had 3 fruit set which later disappeared (wind? critters?) I think this tree bloomed just at a bit of a spring cold snap, so that could be the problem. It's a 3 in one tree with three varieties (will have to look them up.)
Pears
We love pears, pears hate us.
Gooseberries
Got a great gooseberry harvest (Poormans, Pixwell, Invicta, Hinnomaki Red) all produced a bumper crop this year. Plants are doing well, even with the summer heat now that harvest is over. Anyone ever try the Black Velvet variety of gooseberry? I might add that one next.
Red currants were annoying. Berries seemed to ripen one at a time and didn't get a great harvest. Will have to look up the variety and replace with something that ripens all together.
Peaches
Peaches started strong, and then PFFFT. Have a four in one tree with 3 peaches and a nectarine variety (Frost, hardired, Mary Jane and one other variety).
Rhubarb
I cannot get rhubarb to grow well for me. I've tried it in several locations. It just remains puny despite dressing with composted manure and keeping it weeded. Sigh.
Raspberries
I had about decided to yank all the raspberries as they died to the ground last year in the freeze.
Melons
Once again I attempt melons.
So that's it for fruit. Next year I will be spraying for brown rot and cherry fruit fly and plum curculio and bagging apples again if the weather cooperates like this year :)
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